Too many niggas in a cycle of jail
Spending they birthdays inside of a cell
We coming from a long bloodline of trauma
We raised by our mamas, Lord we gotta heal
We hurting our sisters, the babies as well
We killing our brothers, they poisoned the well
Distorted self image, we set up to fail

Speaking of Migos, The Fader did this cool write up on Migos and the label behind them. Their label has a team of engineers at Twitter working with them to help understand how artists are blowing up and received a $5 million dollar investment from Google (of all companies) when they started up.

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Before I leave, Quavo calls me over and asks a question that takes me by surprise. "You feel like we'll be here for a long time?" I look at him kind of stupidly, because the truth is I can't be sure, and when I automatically start to say, "Yes, of course," he interrupts me. "Don't just say it just because, man." Then, after a beat, Quavo asks me again: "How long? How long you think we gonna last?"

So TheStand4rd is a local group that's starting to get some heat. They sold out their NYC show and a couple others. They dropped their album today or yesterday. Haven't checked it but I thought some of you would like it because it's a supergroup including Spooky Black, Psymun, Allan Kingdom, and Bobby Raps.

Earl sounds different, drat. I actually really like this track, Earl sounds a lot more 'lively' than on all of his latest poo poo. I don't know if he has anything upcoming planned, but I'd love to hear some more of him just rapping over tracks produced by people like Alchemist. Too bad it's so loving short(?? might be a cut). The beat is a little too loud and goes over Earl's voice though.

The new Joe Budden EP Some Love Lost is miles above that garbage he put out last year. I know Joey gets no respect around these parts, but it's only 7 tracks and it's reminiscent of why the internet fell in love with him in the first place. And I don't know if he gave up smoking or what, but his voice sounds less throat cancer.

Speaking of Migos, The Fader did this cool write up on Migos and the label behind them. Their label has a team of engineers at Twitter working with them to help understand how artists are blowing up and received a $5 million dollar investment from Google (of all companies) when they started up.

i dont like how lyor cohen seems to be trying to steer them into edm swedish crossover territory. dame dash is right about this guy

I don't either, but he's trying to make money (and in turn, make them money). Also I don't think that stuff is automatically horrible, it just depends on what (if anything) they end up doing with different production styles or w/e.

Also I've not listened to their new tape seriously yet, but going through I didn't hear one bad song. Gonna have to see how it holds up but yeah, it's real good at first listen.

edit-the Migos tape is amazing. I'm liking it better than either YRN or No Labels 2. Seriously not a bad song on here. Also after listening a bit I'm not sure if the EDM/pop production would be bad for them. Their flow naturally has a lot of the whole build up-breakdown structure. I also give them credit for stretching their subject matter a bit.

Pretty much all of the stuff I've thought was good this year has been more towards the cerebral/"soft" side (depending on how you feel about Lucki Eck$) and it's nice to have an album that balances that a bit. I'll probably reexamine a bit later to see if I still like it as much but it's easily one of the best releases this year.

alansmithee fucked around with this message at Nov 6, 2014 around 17:34

Speaking of Migos, The Fader did this cool write up on Migos and the label behind them. Their label has a team of engineers at Twitter working with them to help understand how artists are blowing up and received a $5 million dollar investment from Google (of all companies) when they started up.

unrelated... lol just saw p4k gave rtj2 a 9.0 it is good but not that good. btw I saw them the other night. i couldn't tell if they were good or not because the sound at the venue is so loving terrible i dont know why it is still open or why i even bother going to shows there anymore. seemed hype though. all i could really hear was noise though.

thathonkey fucked around with this message at Nov 6, 2014 around 20:19

It's actually already out now. Not sure I'm ready to take one for the team and listen.

i stopped listening to cadillactica and migos to try it out and well

-it has a loving ariel pink feature
-some of the beats sound like they're from a 1999 jungle compilation
-she starts singing and rapping in spanish for some reason
-theophilus london brings the heat with the year's most boring feature